A Matter of Pride
#250915 - 03/08/06 09:20 PM
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hohoyumyum
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What is the one thing you've done that you are most proud of?
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Excellent Thread
#250917 - 03/08/06 09:38 PM
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Bevvy
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The one thing I did that I'm most proud of is making it on my own. After high school, my mother refused to send me to college. She sent my two brothers, but I had to stay at home, get a job, and pay her rent. It was a tough lesson, but I learned responsibility well. I worked since high school, non-stop, while taking night courses in secretarial skills. Over 40 years, I advanced very slowly in the legal secretarial field, finally doing some paralegal work and making real good money. I worked for companies that offered excellent benefits, including profit-sharing, and it's those wise investments that I'm living on today. When I became engaged and wanted a wedding, even though I was the only daughter, I was turned down, my mother claiming they could not afford it because of all the money they were spending to send my younger brother to college. I paid for my own wedding, such as it was, with my own money. My gown certainly wasn't much, but I remember paying for it over time; it cost me $90. It was 1967.
While my older brother became a nuclear scientist and second-in-command at NASA, my younger brother did not fare nearly as well, and all of his weddings I am sure were paid for for him. My brothers had financial help, both of them, and even got an inheritance, while I was cut out of the will and ended up with nothing from my family.
I'm very proud that I ended up as well as I have, because I did it ALL on my own, with absolutely no help from anyone. And, ironically, I turned out happier than any of my family. I have myself to thank, no one else.
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Bevvy, you're such a cool person! You deserve all the happiness you have now and then some!
I'll have to think about my answer for this thread.....
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Well beside my son who is the most thing I am proud of I would have to say being an educated person. I have always loved going to school ( I know geek) and I am proud to have a bachelor's and master's degree. I am even getting revved up to take more classes this summer to renew my teaching certificate. I just love learning knew things. That's why I love teaching because to be a good teacher you have to stay current on all sorts of things. And I swear I have learned so much being a teacher.
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Mine is actually a very simple thing. I was in my highschool choir and every years we had 2 solo concerts. I was listening to one of the girls practice and she started crying because she was so scared to sing in front of everyone. She thought that everyone would hate it. When she was finally on stage singing, and looking terribly frightened I leaned over to the person next to me and said "Standing ovation, pass it on." When she was done, everyone stood and shouted and whistled. I didn't think of it again until our retreat at the end of the year. We had a candle lighting ceremony and when it was her turn to hold the candle she told us that when she received her standing ovation she knew right then that there would never be anything that she couldn't do. We weren't really friends and I've haven't spoken to her since. It's amazing how much effect we can have on a person without them ever knowing you even noticed them.
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Becoming a religious Jew. It isn't easy to "give up" eating shrimp, wearing funky clothes, and covering your hair with a wig isn't easy. But I LOVE being Frum as we call it (religious) and I love being close to G-d and learning/living His Torah.
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That is BEAUTIFUL!!!  I'm proud of you too! *hugs*
P.S. I've been meaning to ask you...what does hohoyumyum stand for? I'm trying to decide which to call you 
Thanks for sharing and for such a wonderful post!! 
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Giving life to my two beautiful little girls! And completing my Bachelor's Degree while going to school full-time, working 40 hours a week and raising two kids. Of course that was years ago before my fibro roared onto the scene. 
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I am proud more than anything of my daughter and my wonderful husband. I didn't have any example of a working marriage in my life as a kid. None at ALL, so I'm proud that we've made it work so well sofar. And we see nothing in our future that will ever make us rock the boat that far.
And, of course, I'm SO VERY proud that I get to be a teacher. I fought so hard to make it through school, all the while, basically raising my younger sister because our mom had neglected our emotional (and some physical) needs. My sister was, all the while, addicted to drugs. 
Meanwhile, I was working 6 days a week, till 2-3 AM, to pay for university myself (I did live at home but still...) and I am the first UNIVERSITY graduate in my entire family!
We're talking IN HISTORY! Still am, actually. Thank you, thank you.
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Edited by Shannon! (03/09/06 04:18 PM)
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You deserve every morsel of happiness you get.
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